Multiple filing jacket or holder for paper



NOV 6, 1951 R. A. E. GUICHARD 2,574,386

MULTIPLE FILING JACKET OR HOLDER FOR PAPER Filed June 26, 1945 2 SHEETS-*SHEET L Nov. 6, 1951 R. A. E. GUICHARD 2,574,386

MULTIPLE yF'LING JACKET OR HOLDER FOR PAPER Filed Juneee, 1945 2 SHEETS`SHEET 2 Fig. 4. fig. 5. 8

621. W2' HMM Patented Nov. 6, 1951 MULTIPLE FILING JACKET 0R HOLDER FOR PAPER Raymond Arthur Eugne Guichard, Paris, France Application June 26, 1945, Serial No. 601,690

In France December 4, 1944 zclaims. (C1. 12o-16.7)

, 1 Certain manners of classifying documents require more particul-arly the use of an assembly ofling jackets or holders arranged in the manner of an accordion or of bellows, that is, in the shape of a plurality of interconnected Vs suspended by a frame or cradle. This assembly allows a more orl less important documentation to be housed without it being necessary to change the ling jackets or dockets, as said documentation may be set either directly into the filing jacketor holder or inside one or more inner filing jackets. j y

The object of the present invention is to provide a 'ling jacket or holder wherein the bottom is adjustable invvwidth to accommodate groups f of papers of varying thicknesses.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a filing jacket or holder wherein the bottom and side walls are integral, the bottom is adjustable in width, the extensions or contractions of the bottom being` added to the side walls and the latter are foldable at their tops over supporting rods.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a filing jacket or holder which may be y interconnected with other and similar ling jackets or holders to enclose a. complete assembly of papers or documents relating to a given subject matter. i

Still other objects, advantages and improvements will become apparent from the following rspecicationtaken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which; A l Figure 1 is a plan viewv of the blank from which the ling jacket or holder is made;

Figure 2 is an end partial perspective view showing a plurality of the filing jackets or holders according to the present invention in adjacent positions;

Figures 3, 3A, and 3B show three (3) modifications of the supporting rod;

Figure 4 is a view showing the abutting sides of two adjacent ling jackets or holders interconnected -and supported by one of the rods according to Figure 3A;

Figure 5 is a perspective view showing the rear wall of a forward filing jacket or holder and the front wall of the next adjacent filing jacket or holder in abutting relationship;

Figure 6 is an elevational view oi' an index tab particularly adapted for use with the filing jackets or holders according to the present invention; and

Figure 7 is a partial perspective view similar to Figure 5, except showing the supporting rod V"la under the top bend of the forward filing jacket or holder, and showing one of the index tabs according to Figure 6 secured between the downturned flaps 2 and 2a of the adjacent ling jackets or holders.

Figs. 1 to 5 of the accompanying drawings show by wayof example several forms of execution of the classifying device in accordance with my invention.

Fig. l shows a filing jacket l of the above disclosed typ'e the endsv of which form a fold at the assembly and carry the folding lines 3, 3a and in the intervals l between these lines, a certain number of perforations 5 which' may be rectangular, round, oval or the like, in accordance with the shape of the rod used for supporting the assembly; the number and shape of these perforations as also the number of the folding lines may be chosen as desired. The lines 3-3a may be perforated, crimped or folded and are parallel and equidistantly spaced, The perforations, crimping or folding separate the strips between these lines and weaken the paper so as to provide for bending along same. In the case of very thick paper the lines may be formed by grooves positioned transversely of the paper. This construction, by means of the crimped, folded or grooved lines 3-3a, provides for the formation of a filing jacket or holder of greater or lesser capacity. At the center of the filing jacket, similar folding lines 6 are provided, but with no perforations between same for the folding of the bottom of the filing jacket so as to provide said bottom with a more or less considerable variation in width. The perforations 5 are arranged either in transverse lines as shown at the upper part of the figure or else shifted transversely one with reference to the perforations in the other strips as shown on the lower part of the figure, so as to retain the maximum tensile strength of the cardboard forming the ling jacket.

Fig. 2 shows how the folds 2 are wider when the backs 6 are narrower; for instance, for mounting the first filing jacket the fold of which is shown at 2a, there is used the third series of perforations while the second row is used for the second filing jacket 2b and the r'st row for the third ling jacket 2c.

Figures 3, 3A and 3B show different cross sections which may be assumed by the rod l, in accordance with the shape of the perforations as disclosed hereinabove.

Fig. 4 shows a portion of the two filing jackets I and la the respective folds of which are shown at 2 and 2a, said filing jackets being placed with their inner surfaces facing one another, while a rod 'Ia of the type shown in Fig. 3A is passed through the second row of perforations 5.

Figure 5 shows the rear wall of a front filing jacket or holder I and the front wall of the next adjacent ling jacket or holder Ia each bent or turned at their tops at 8 and the respective downturned flaps 2 and 2a being positioned between the walls I and Ia in mutually abutting relationship. A supporting rod 'Ia is positioned under the bend between the side wall and the downturned ap 2a of the rear lng jacket-Ia. The lengths of the downturned naps 2 and 2a will obviously be determined by the pair of fold lines and the distance between same at the bottom of the filing jacket or wrapper.

Fig. 6 shows a label carrier or a title supporting means provided with a line of perforations 9 identical with the perforations 5 of the wrappers; numeral IB designates the part forming the fold and I I that which carries the title.

Fig.y 7 shows the part II of the label carrier in accordance with Fig. 6, which part extends beyond the top of the wrappers, when said wrappers have been folded, while the fold I0 of the label carrier is held between the folds 2 and 2a of the wrappers I and Ia.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim as newand useful and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A multiple suspension ling jacket comprising a plurality of similarly formed wrappers each including a pair of walls and bent over flaps, each filing jacket having a plurality of spaced transverse fold lines on opposite sides of and adjacent the transverse center line to define bases of various widths, the portions of the ling jackets extending frorn said centerline constituting the walls thereof, each wall having a plurality of equally spaced transverse fold lines disposed in,- wardly from the outer marginal edge thereof, said latter fold lines constituting the apexes of said flaps, and said flaps being adjustable in length depending upon which pair of said rst mentioned fold lines constitute the bottom between the walls, the dispositions of the sets of fold lines constituting means for maintaining the height of said ling jackets constant regardless of the width of the bottom, said walls having a plurality of transversely spaced aligned rows of perforations therein, said perforations being disposed.V between pairs of said second mentioned fold lines thereby being disposed respectively in the walls and the flaps, and a suspension rod interweaved through alternate perforations in the abutting flaps of adjacent ling jackets to secure the same together.

2. A multiple suspension filing jacket comprising a plurality of similarly formed tiling jackets each including a pair of Walls and bent over flaps, each ling jacket having a plurality of spaced transverse fold lines on opposite sides of and adjacent the transverse center line to define bottoms of various widths, the portions of the wrappers extending from said center line constituting the walls thereof, each wall having a plurality of equally spaced transverse fold lines disposed inwardly from the outer marginal edge portion, said latter fold lines constituting the apexes of said flaps, and said flaps being adjustable in length depending upon which pair of said rst mentioned fold lines constitute the bottom between the walls, the dispositions of the sets of fold lines constituting means for maintaining the height of said filing jackets constant regardless of the width of the bottom, said walls having a plurality of transversely spaced aligned rows of perforations therein, said perforations being disposed between pairs of said second mentioned fold lines thereby being disposed respectively in the walls and the ilaps, a label carrier having transversely spaced and aligned perforations therein and posioned between the flaps of adjacent filing jackets, and a suspension rod interweaved through alternate perforations in the flaps of one filing jacket, the label carrier and the flap of an adjacent iiling jacket to secure the same together.

RAYMOND ARTHUR EU'GN GUICHARD.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

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